Aim 5: Increasing

INCREASING REPRESENTATION

Race Alliance Wales

Emerging from the gap identified via the All Wales BAME Engagement Programme, Race Alliance Wales is a newly established initiative which aims to act as a collaborative and self-directed platform for individuals and organisations interested in achieving race equality in Wales. RAW had a busy year, holding more than 5 meetings attended by over 30 organisations, organising a meeting with the Future Generations Commissioner, and having its official launch event in the Welsh Assembly Senedd building on Human Rights Day on 10th December 2019. We are thrilled that in late 2019 EYST was awarded funding by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to further develop RAW through employing a full-time development worker hosted by EYST… watch this space!

Mentoring Programme

As part of the All Wales BAME Engagement Programme, the BAME Routes to Public Life Mentoring Programme successfully delivered its first round of the programme during 2019, with a cohort of 25 ambitious mentees matched with 25 high-flying Mentors including a number of Assembly Members and Ministers including Vaughan Gething, Suzy Davies, John Griffiths, Jane Hutt, to name but a few. Headline Findings from the First Round Evaluation found that:

55%

of Mentees stated that the programme had had a ‘Significant’ or ‘Huge’ impact on their Aspirations

83%

of Mentees stated that the programme had had a ‘Significant’ or ‘Huge’ impact on their Understanding of Public and Political Life in Wales

62%

of Mentees stated that the programme had had a ‘Significant’ or ‘Huge’ impact on their Skills for Public and Political Life in Wales The second round launched in October 2019 with another 25 mentees and 25 mentors on board.

The scheme has made me more ambitious and more confident. I now realise that I can use my voice to help others and be a voice for the voiceless”

(Round One Mentee)